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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:HDwyFz.8sM@lugnet.com... (...) chuckling. (...) Nah, exchanged them for some DAT's I had on my PC by some guy from Milton Trains Something... They very happy with them ;-) Jeroen (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) job of assembling the model just from box art photos! -Tim (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) hehe. some of us spotted this a bit sooner and circulated it, to much chuckling. I gotta say that in this one: (URL) looks positively maniacal, as if he'd sold his soul to get these. Well, maybe he did. (if "making a train poster" == "selling (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like someone worked hard and deserved a present...or two! See happy Jeroen with 2003 New Trains: High-Speed Passenger and Freight. He's already got a draft of the freight train and a preview of a new POV-Ray rendering setting. (URL) think we (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) about their auction in market.auction and then post a link to the post... (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I assume shelfWARE could very well be cellophane or other packaging intended for use of storing items on a shelf, but shelfWEAR is dents, nicks, scratches, marks, etc. on the box from being on the shelf... -Rob (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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My thought was to act as discreetly as possible, without leaving a direct link. But I now guess I also should give the link: (URL) regards Christian Kloumann "Christian" <ck@ifi.uio.no> wrote in message news:HDvBzI.23xL@lugnet.com... (...) one. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I bought it from a collector some years ago. (...) Yes, it is a very long time for a LEGO-set. I was 2 years old when it was made :-) For all I know this one could be the last sealed one left. (...) This set has its original shelfwear. Maybe (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Just where did you find such a set???? I can understand that set are stored for some time, but storing it for 37 years? Secondly, I'd expect it to have shelfwaer and so... Christian <ck@ifi.uio.no> wrote in message news:HDvBzI.23xL@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (www.gmltc.org) is pleased to announce we will be displaying our LEGO train layout at the "Day Out With Thomas™" event at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse in St. Paul, MN from April (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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This group is reserved for Lego train enthusiasts. And there are other groups for market. But this is a very rare item, and there might be one person here that have been looking for a unique opportunity to add this item to his/her collection. I have (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's not just emotional - it's financial. Not getting at Larry, but there's an example of someone who's got tons of stuff. On a smaller layout, like we do with the NBLTC, every single thing on the layout is a one-off. My four GWR carriages, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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I don't worry so much about getting it back together as much as I worry about finding all the pieces again. Nothing worst than having to crawl around the floor of a crowded convention center looking for pieces. I prefer to be able to relax and enjoy (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ohh! I need one that explodes on contact...but it has to do it in a head on collision, and be easy to put back together after. (...) There are some of my designs that I don't like to see smashing into the floor, but most of my stuff has been (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Within the last two weeks, IIRC, and it is indeed nifty. See admin.general for more if you're interested... the question is off-topic for trains.org (grin). (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.admin.general)
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On a completely different note when did Todd start adding random spam phrases to our emails automatically? Cool.... -J3 (I am unorganized and choose to reply to myself instead of starting a new thread. No table manners either...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) It's been a very long time since you've worked with our modules if you think that has any impact on rebuilding. *grin* We changed the water level at one show and I completely reworked the town for this show. Landscape changes quite easily and (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) True. If it's a oneoff, that is... I hardly ever display oneoffs, most of what I display is either commercial production work (mine from MTW, or others), or one of multiple copies, or if I really care, I capture it in LDraw. My bullet train is (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I'm not trying to minimize anyone's investment in time, material, or emotional in their layouts. My generalization (and it definitely is that) is that the closer a model is to prototypical, the more fragile details it has, the more "perfect" (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I don't know if it is fair to make generalizations about the relative levels of emotional investment between clubs, but I doubt that anyone who brings a MOC out into public for display has less than an exceptionally high emotional attachment (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hello Paul, Look here: (URL) This one picture should tell you all you need. I am of course assuming you have the cable that is needed to connect the transformer and the track. Greetings Horst (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Take a peek at the instructions for the controller, 7864: (URL) assumes of course you have the controller and a way to plug it in (if you're in the US, you will need a step up transformer). Frank (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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hi - i have just purchased a 7740 set on ebay and would like to get this up and running. The instructions just seem to show hoow the train is constructed and don't show anything about hoew this connected up. is there an idots guide on how to hook up (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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With the NGLTC kids area we too removed the train elements from the play tables. When we had the train parts on the table there was always some bigger kid that would hog the engine and controller, then we'd have send someone over to police the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Good points John. I recall the first time I got KRR duty and I nearly pulled my hair out! And that same reaction came from most of us. I think we were a little (read REALLY) uptight that the trains elements might get broken etc. But after a while we (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We'd *love* to be able to do that, but unfortunately our membership is limited to the point where we just don't get enough people to staff and oversee a 'play area'. <sigh> Since many of us are current or former LEGO employees, we take the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Since our first show at GATS we have had a kids RR (KRR) play area attached to the main layout so they feel a part of it. We hated that when you'd go to a GATS you couldn't touch anything, even if your an adult in some cases! At the KRR there is (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You know that 'Oh No!' second, when you realized you did something wrong, and yet "The Event" happened and there's no going back. Kinda like right after I think I've backed up all my info, and proceed to restore the original image on my (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I like how the front black tiles slope in multi-panel-angles. Looks smooth and has a nice curve. Lots to appreciate in your design solutions! later, James Mathis (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey, nifty stuff. Thanks for sharing! But since we're sharing table info, and not discussing the merits of an additional group, do you think it might be possible to trim admin.suggestions from the groups list? FUT just trains... (...) <snip> (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) That building is absolutely beautiful. I love the curves of the two parts at the end, and the glass towers look really cool. Adrian -- (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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We used roadplates under the rails in the town because the light rail system that runs through and around Portland does run down the streets in some areas. We tried to model the Convnetion Center scene as closely as possible and the MAX line runs (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Just to be really clear Jeremy Rear built the OR Convention Center all by himself! A couple of us offered some critiques here and there during the design phase, but that was a solo effort! To expand on Frank's comment, it took four of us to come up (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just to clarify things, the huge building is a model of the Oregon Convention Center, the venue for the show. They were celebrating the opening of an expansion that doubled the size (the new section is the half with the "tiara" as opposed to (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes writes: <snip> (...) I built these modules this weekend-- (URL) based on the PNLTC module design--very nice by the way--many kudos to whoever came up with that particular concept first! Anyway, rtlToronto got hold of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) That large building is very impressive, especially the rounded section. And that seaside cliff is tremendous too. Lots of wonderful things to see - too many to comment on them all. Just one question, why did you use roadplates under the rails (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very, very impressive PNLTC! Brian Stokes SCLTC (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) seaside village (with 12V train in mountain... that's gotta be Frank's handiwork!!). I see Frank snuck some Pirate ships in. Nice trees on that mountain, gonna have to crib some of that thinking for mine. Who did that mountain? I think the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been bouncing table designs around for a while and two criteria seem to emerging in my mind as more important than I've previously given weight to. 1) Durability. and 2) The ability to adjust height On Durability. My first tables are over six (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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I think it depends alot on what slant your train club takes. The train clubs that are all about the prototypical designs I think have more emotionally invested in their designs and display mainly for other train modelers. Since I can't even begin to (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great show guys! I would like to have been able to be there to see it first hand! Kudos to Jerem for the Convention Center! Tasty building:-) So many things to comment on-- what with the way digital cameras butcher the color blue, people (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dork. [1] JOHN [1] That one may well be T-shirt worthy... (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Lewis, Wow! A very challenging train to model with excellent results. Bob (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Thomas Stangl writes: <snip1> (...) <snip2> Shudder? Why do you say that? The GMLTC has been doing that for years, and we've only had a couple of problems in all those shows. We don't use ropes, we don't have plexi -- if kids want (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 1. They are quite sturdy. Possibly over sturdy for some clubs. We have a few members who tend to walk on the tables, so we have to support some 200+lbs. (250 in my case.) 2. They all bolt together, creating a very rigid structure. 3. We have (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Trains may well be too busy... Put it in trains.org then. I'm not seeing a strong argument for a group THIS compartmentalised at this point. And I'm pretty compartmentalised! (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Impressive. Is there any more details on the cream building with blue windows? The round section looks fantastic! Thanks, Peter Young. "steve barile" <sebarile@sstanamera.com> wrote in message news:HDq8t4.1tMM@lugnet.com... (...) etc. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right. The reason why I suggested .trains.presentation.hardware is that .trains can get pretty busy, and it would be nice to slightly compartmentalize while fleshing things out. Once all data had been gathered/discussed, I definitely see it (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: SCLTC to display at the Annual Fullerton Railroad Days
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Posting an announcement that was made earlier to lugnet.trains and some other newsgroups. Ray SCLTC (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains.org)
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club (SCLTC) is pleased to announce our second appearance at the Fullerton Railroad Days at the Santa Fe Train Station in Fullerton, California. Our club members are busily at work on what promises to be an (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa)
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Hi All, Here are 49 pictures of the recent (4-17 thru 4-19) train layout we we showed at the OR Convention Center. (URL) some high lights 25' x 22.5' "L" shaped layout, 256.25 sqr ft Perhaps the largest AFOL minifig scale building ~8'x~3' We raise (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Ok here is a basic write up of the new NGLTC tables. Just gives a good overview of what we came up with. (URL) J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Wow, you did great. We seem to always come in a bit over 30 per pair. Our specs are here: (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Agreed. Once consolidated, there is no reason not to discuss findings/refinements/new ideas on trains.org No new group is needed, in my view (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds cool. Thomas Woelk emailed me this link, to a project of his using LDraw: (URL) didn't have LUGNET posting set up on the computer he was using at the moment. That site looks like it has a great calculator for converting dimensions (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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In lugnet.trains, Tim Courtney writes: Funny this post was made today. We (COLTC, Central Ohio) build our tables last weekend. We used the design of our neighbours to the north (MichLug). They are a sturdy design, with a kind of standard size top (3 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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This is a good idea. I have been in the process of documenting the new tables being used by the NGLTC, we used them for the first time in March and they worked great for us, they are light weight, setup quick, have built in plexi holders, velcro (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) That would be cool. (...) Our current module design is posted here: (URL) recommended table design will be changing soon. Our track standards have changed, we're now 8 studs in-between the rails. One thing about our club is there's no table (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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It would be nice to have a single document that captures the different techniques that various clubs have used for modules. And with that acompaniing pros & cons list by the clubs that use each respective technique. This would be handy for new clubs (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I think a "normalized" or "unified" design would be a great idea and newer groups like ours (LUCNY) would be happy to see input from the more experienced groups on what that design might be. JB (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok. (...) Yep! -Tim (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) My feeling would be not to create another group; I think that that type of discussion is just fine for the .trains.org or even .trains groups. What I would like to see would be a comprehensive FAQ on the ILTCO web site, or even PP (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Is anyone interested in a newsgroup to discuss creating tables for layouts? Tom Stangl and I had a conversation about it the other day, and were interested in seeing open discussion between clubs on how everyone builds tables. This could help (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Thanks larry. (...) I would have loved to put in a main rod! But as you guessed turning was the problem. (...) At first that is exactly what i wanted to do. But the length between the front and back drivers made the flanges ride up and off of (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow. lots to like there. My fave items are that you buried the power truck in the pilot skirting, that the side skirts are slanted down, and that you mananged connecting rods, although the lack of a main rod is a shame. (But understandable!) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC at Oregon Convention Center - setup day
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(...) buttons or links instead of having to "back" to the menu of thumbnails to see where to go next. (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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(...) Indeed. Brakemen are discouraged, if not forbidden, from walking on the roofs of cars nowadays. Too dangerous. (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Boxcars *are* freight cars, so I may not be following you when you say 'it's more of a freight style'... (...) When I first saw it, I thought the recessed panels might be doors. If so, it would sort of resemble an all plug door car... rare but (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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There is a free program called Videomach that most of us animators have found very useful for most of our conversion needs. Download it here- (URL) installed, click on the non-commercial use button.(LEGO says all movies must be non-commercial anyway (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
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(...) The funny thing is I never gave it much thought. I'd assume its more of a freight style. The only missing part would be the side doors which I will revisit sooner of later. The concept for this boxcar was to make a matching boxcar for my (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice construction. What kind of car is it though? Aside from a boxcar, obviously. Very cool model though. -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Think Spring.... Ahhhhh, Its nice and warm outside! (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well this is a very fine model. See (URL) for prototype pics. The large spoked wheels? These have a custom rim I suppose? Not sure the headlight bricks at the fron are necessary. Anyway I think it looks more like the Dwight D Eisenhower A4! (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Take a look at my newest MOC. It is a model of the Mallard, a LNER A4 that broke the steam speed record in 1938. It still holds that record. Here is the brickshelf folder (URL) the deep links if needed (URL) comments are welcome (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Hello Todd, (...) Just to add to the possibilities already suggested by others, QuickTime Pro can also do it: - Make sure the images all have the same name and are numbered in sequence - Open QuickTime Player - File -> Open Image Sequence (or (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
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(...) I can't speak about iMovie, but iPhoto can do what you are asking. Here are the steps: 1) import all the pictures 2) select all the pictures 3) File menu>Export-choose the Quicktime tab 4) press 'export' I just tested it out with a bunch of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
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Try QuickMovie 1.5. It's OS X Ready, and I believe does everything you're asking. It's shareware and quite easy to use. I'm pretty sure it can do 1000 frames at a time, and it might be able to do all 2000 in one go. Otherwise, just make two movies (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Thanks Manfred, and all the other ones, for the compliment / help. It took indeed a lot of time. I worked from March 20 2003 on it every evening for at least 3 to 4 hours. I could recuperate some stuff from the straight track too, witch (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) so your making one in 8 wide? i will create instructions tomarrow. (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i'll probably swing by and take a look tomorrow, depending on how far away the display is from the beer :) (...) i'd suggest mjpeg: (URL) a faq entry on how to do what you want: https://sourceforge....id=5776#s4 (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
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I'm taking a 2000-frame (80 seconds) time-lapse movie today of the PNLTC layout at the Oregon Convention Center. What's a good way to take a whole bunch of frames and string them together into an MPEG movie? The source images, once I get them off my (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: ps2 hopper
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(...) Looks great, I may have to sort of copy that design for trains to display on SCLTC's layout. I don't have many 6 wide designs in my head yet (since I transfered to 8...). Josh (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: posting setup
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(...) Doh! Typo...funny one at that. -Tim (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: posting setup
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(...) No love for the 1.5-wides? Aww. Engineer Max (oh the resemblance: (URL) "watch 6-wide Thomass get rammed by bulky 8-wide cars." (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: posting setup
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(...) Portland actually. Steve says: "Yours are too small." --Todd (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | PNLTC at Oregon Convention Center - setup day
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Here are a few PNLTC photos from yesterday, setup day[1] at the Oregon Convention Center: (URL) in town for the weekend to see the show and take some photos, etc. --Todd [1] setup began at 8:30 a.m. and was mostly completed by 1pm. Jeremy Rear's (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Lifetime of incandescent 9v LEGO lights?
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Todd, I only recently discovered the 9V "Light & Sound" system and have been thinking about that question myself. I've been acquiring used 9V lights recently and some bulbs do seem dimmer than others. But I don't know what the life expectancy is. It (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BoxCar - v2
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(...) (URL) Spears MichLUG - (URL) MOCpage - (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.inst, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: 9V Curved Track
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(...) hard to complete it. I hope it will pass the certification proces well. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tram of Strasbourg motorized and real...
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Marc Schickele wrote: [ (URL) ] Really nice. It is annoying that the friction is so much higher with the small train wheels. (...) Have you considered trying to pick up power from the tracks? Play well, Jacob (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ps2 hopper
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Awesome design. Especially the way you did the roofwalk, very nice. -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Curved Track
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(...) ... (...) It's the 'normal' part that trips me up! Consider these parts: (URL) a geometry point of view, these are pretty similar. But (according to MLCad) the center of the macaroni is the circle center; the center of the 2x2 'L' is the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Another Metroliner question...
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I was wondering how much longer the Metroliner will be available at S@H. Mike McKee wrote after BrickWest that it was discounted in February: (URL) hasn't been in the S@H catalog for a few issues. There were only a few Metroliners in stock at the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Meetings / Events
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Well I'm here in Holland Mich, but it seems like everyone is busy with other things. Oh well. If you're ever in Eastern Mass, post something to NELUG and I'm sure we'll be able to get a meeting together fairly quickly. Jonathan (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: "lego" hicube boxcar
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(...) Thank you for the instructions. Have you (or anyone else) built (physical bricks) a train car with the coupler and bogie linked by a chain as shown in the instructions? If so, what problem did it solve? (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ps2 hopper
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hey man it looks great. It's really nice to see people building prototypes and it looks as if this would be a great canadite to be streched into an 8 wide=). ondrew (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | ps2 hopper
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here is my best try at the most common covered hopper in america. the pullman standard ps2 hopper (URL) am also going to do it in several other colors. perhaps 3 or 4 colors. maybe in green, red, and some other colors (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Curved Track
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(...) The 'zero' point is normaly at the center of the part with the y=0 point at the base of the studs. A regular plate has then a Y value of y=0 (stud position) to Y=8 (bottom of the plate) (...) Whats the purpose for this data? (...) Thanks Cary (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "lego" hicube boxcar
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(...) Yes, *very* nice style! later, James Mathis (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "lego" hicube boxcar
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(...) ok, added to the BI portal. now that the instructions are there, can someone build one? i think that would be a great model addition to a LEGO train show. the only thing is the 4brick long bars in yellow. but if you cut a antenna or a ski pole (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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